- In this movie, I'll show you how to adjust…the saturation of an image using an…adjustment layer known as vibrance.…So where this image is concerned,…I need to increase the saturation of the colors,…and you can do so either by dropping down to…the black and white circle at the bottom of the layers panel…and choosing the Vibrance command,…or if you want to name the layer as you create it,…go ahead and bring up the adjustments panel here…and press the alt key or the option key on the Mac…and click on this last icon in the top row,…the one that looks like a V.…

And that will bring up the new layer dialogue box…at which point you can name the layer anything you want,…I'm calling mine saturate, and then go ahead and click OK.…Now notice that we have two sliders right here,…I'm going to go ahead and move this fish over…a little bit so we can keep track of him.…The saturation slider allows you to increase…the saturation of all the colors inside the image…and as a result, we're making the…image look quite garish indeed.…

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7/27/2016

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8/14/2015

Learn everything you need to know about Photoshop, in the order you need to know it, in this top-to-bottom overview of the world's most powerful image editing software, Adobe Photoshop. With all new movies and all new exercise files, Deke McClelland's flagship One-on-One series is completely refreshed for Photoshop CC 2015. In this Fundamentals installment, the first of three, Deke takes you on a personalized tour of the basic tools and techniques that lie behind great images and graphic design, while keeping you up to speed with the newest features offered in Creative Cloud.

Learn to open images from multiple sources, crop and straighten images, navigate panels and menus, and work with layers—the feature that allows you to mask parts of an image, combine effects, and composite artwork. Deke shows you how to perform important editing tasks, adjusting brightness and contrast, correcting color, and retouching and healing portraits. He also reviews formatting text, printing, and preparing web graphics in Photoshop.

Check back every time Photoshop updates for new movies, new feature reviews, and new ways to work.

Topics include:

Opening images

Zooming in and out

Understanding image size and resolution

Upsampling and downsampling

Cropping nondestructively

Straightening a crooked image

Creating new layers

Working with clipping masks, opacity, and blend modes

Scaling and rotating layers

Saving your work

Adjusting brightness and contrast

Applying dynamic adjustment layers

Correcting color casts

Recoloring artwork

Working with Quick Mask mode

Retouching portraits

Nondestructive dodging and burning

Developing raw images in Camera Raw

Creating and formatting text

Printing images

Saving images for the web

Skill Level Beginner

14h 54m

Duration

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Q: This course was updated on 07/28/2016. What changed?

A: Deke added two new videos, "Content-Aware Crop" and "Type size and script fonts," and updated seven more, to reflect the latest changes in Photoshop CC.